Is photography a sin?

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Richie_2uk

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Danielle1234 said:
Thank you so much! :)
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:) You welcome. I can see you are a new Christian and searching for answers. thats great. There are lots of things in the bible that will confuse, or you may not understand. But all we can do is to try help you to understand by the things we do understand. But your journey with God, is going to be a blessed one. and who better to ask for understanding? We can only share our own experiences, and share the things that we do know. There are those who think they know everthing and will claim to be the know all. But sadly they going above themseves and decieving themeselves. So you have to watch out for those people.

But God is there for you Danielle1234. and who better to ask for advise? for understanding, for wisdom. he created you and me and all. God bless.
 
JimJimmers

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Danielle, I see these folks have already answered your question, but I wanted to post this verse also.

As you stated, do not make any images to worship. But Solomon actually had images of animals made for the temple of God. [2 Chronicles chapter 4]. This was fine, because they were art/decorations for the temple, they were not images to worship. I hope that adds to the discussion :)

By the way, I love taking pictures as a hobby.
 
TheAristocat

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Danielle1234 said:
In Exodus 20:4 GOD says "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth"
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I'm going to go with SunnySoul on this one. I think it concerns idols - not statues and such. Although the term graven image may include a wide range of things, I think the word was probably used colloquially for idols. For example, there were two cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. But it was not wrong to make them. God ordered that they be made. And then God ordered that a bronze serpent be made. And it was made. I think God was just implying that we shouldn't make any image by which to worship God or false gods. A modern application might be all of those Jesus and Mary statues. Probably shouldn't be making them. Or at least not bowing down to them.

But anyway, in our society, when someone says "graven image" you don't immediately think of a statue or a bust. You think of an idol, because that specific combination of words usually refers to something other than what the words individually mean. So I don't think it means that we shouldn't paint paintings or make sculptures or take photos. I think it means that we shouldn't make idols. Here's the word used for 'graven image' in Hebrew:

Hebrew Lexicon :: H6459 (KJV)
 
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SunnySoul

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TheAristocat said:
I'm going to go with SunnySoul on this one. I think it concerns idols - not statues and such. Although the term graven image may include a wide range of things, I think the word was probably used colloquially for idols. For example, there were two cherubim on the Ark of the Covenant. But it was not wrong to make them. God ordered that they be made. And then God ordered that a bronze serpent be made. And it was made. I think God was just implying that we shouldn't make any image by which to worship God or false gods. A modern application might be all of those Jesus and Mary statues. Probably shouldn't be making them. Or at least not bowing down to them.

But anyway, in our society, when someone says "graven image" you don't immediately think of a statue or a bust. You think of an idol, because that specific combination of words usually refers to something other than what the words individually mean. So I don't think it means that we shouldn't paint paintings or make sculptures or take photos. I think it means that we shouldn't make idols. Here's the word used for 'graven image' in Hebrew:

Hebrew Lexicon :: H6459 (KJV)
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Thanks for the Hebrew link :)
 
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